ILLINI, marijuana is Schedule 1 on the DEA listings, meaning it has absolutely no medical value and also carries a high risk of addiction. Right there with heroin according to the pigs at the DEA
(they are the one LE agency which merits that epithet due to their cowardly paramilitary raids on state legal medical marijuana providers and patients)
Thus, it is illegal under federal law for an MD to prescribe marijuana.
They can "recommend" it as being useful, but there is of course no mechanism whereby they can assist a patient in obtaining medicine.
In the states I listed in my previous post wherein I myself am legal to use under medical marijuana laws, most anyone with chronic pain issues could likewise meet the legal standards to allow them legal possession and in most states limited legal right to cultivate their own medicine.
(they are the one LE agency which merits that epithet due to their cowardly paramilitary raids on state legal medical marijuana providers and patients)
Thus, it is illegal under federal law for an MD to prescribe marijuana.
They can "recommend" it as being useful, but there is of course no mechanism whereby they can assist a patient in obtaining medicine.
In the states I listed in my previous post wherein I myself am legal to use under medical marijuana laws, most anyone with chronic pain issues could likewise meet the legal standards to allow them legal possession and in most states limited legal right to cultivate their own medicine.
Not everyone who uses marijuana becomes addicted, jesus, its not crack. And Im sure most of the cats that wrote the NT were stoned off their ass to begin with. i mean, its in the KJV, smoking pot, so ill echo what was asked by fellow pot head King Bill - why are you fundys against it? God said i give you all seed bearing plants. He didnt say avoid the ones that actually make you THINK??? Heres a classic 2 minute take on post smoking
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I fully realize posting on a gambling site, that my position
that smoking marijuana is harmful (medically proven), and
illegal - is not going to be the popular position.
But, the medical facts show that I am right.
Barman, keep on smoking - it's Darwinisim taking care of the gene
pool, albeit slowly.
that smoking marijuana is harmful (medically proven), and
illegal - is not going to be the popular position.
But, the medical facts show that I am right.
Barman, keep on smoking - it's Darwinisim taking care of the gene
pool, albeit slowly.
Come to think about it, have you ever heard of someone doing something violent or etc. that JUST smoked pot? I think the world needs more pot smokers and it would be a better place. Has anyone OD on just smoking pot as well? I've always wondered. Yet idiots go out and get drunk as a skunk and cause hell but weed gets the bad label????
Again, I'm not a pot user, so I'm not really for or against pot. I'm definitely not encouraging anyone to do it. But do you really think that the people that use pot in the same way that people like you and I use alcohol......do you really think those people are going to suffer any health consequences for their pot use?
My colleagues at Law Enforcement Against Prohibition http://leap.cc to a man (and a few ladies as well) testify that in their careers spanning a composite thousands of years of time in the Job, not once were they ever called to quell a disturbance or violent behavior that solely involved marijuana.
Although it's impossible to accurately quantify given the current prevalance of 21st Century Prohibition, most cannabis users, medical doctors and addiction counselors concur that when cannabis is easily accessible, the overall use of alcohol and other more addictive narcotics declines.
Word Bill
And for the record...can we get a danger of cigarette smoking list? Or the danger of alcohol thread?
Ill give you 10-1 odds that Alcohol does more damage to families and i would say it costs the healthcare system more as well. I mean if your going to bitch and moan about drugs you might as well go all out. Hell even through in the prescription drugs as well, they are legal and do you know the dangers of those?
And for the record...can we get a danger of cigarette smoking list? Or the danger of alcohol thread?
Ill give you 10-1 odds that Alcohol does more damage to families and i would say it costs the healthcare system more as well. I mean if your going to bitch and moan about drugs you might as well go all out. Hell even through in the prescription drugs as well, they are legal and do you know the dangers of those?
HOLY COW...check me out....goofing around in this thread all the way into Page 3 and I never addressed the actual TOPIC line
I can't read ZIT's Ignored lead post, but I'll presume it's a bevy of ONDCP and PDFA-style sober (pun intended) counsel on How To Deal With the Ol' Marijuana Addiction.
Allow me to simplify for anyone who is honestly concerned with that question.
If you feel you are using marijuana in an addictive fashion and want to stop using, here's what you do.
Stop Using it.
The withdrawal effects for even chronic users are medically on par with suddenly ceasing the chronic use of caffeine.
You'll experience two to four days of mild agitation as your mind and body adjust to life without cannabis in your bloodstream. Many people (including Yours Truly) report problems with sleep cycles for again, two to four nights after which everything smooths out.
Sharing that in contrast to the PDFA counsel which often is (literally) sponsored by pay-for-play "drug treatment" programs and clinics who highly exxagerate the addictive potential of marijuana in hopes they can scare parents into checking their teenagers into a 30 to 90 day program at thousands of dollars per month.
I can't read ZIT's Ignored lead post, but I'll presume it's a bevy of ONDCP and PDFA-style sober (pun intended) counsel on How To Deal With the Ol' Marijuana Addiction.
Allow me to simplify for anyone who is honestly concerned with that question.
If you feel you are using marijuana in an addictive fashion and want to stop using, here's what you do.
Stop Using it.
The withdrawal effects for even chronic users are medically on par with suddenly ceasing the chronic use of caffeine.
You'll experience two to four days of mild agitation as your mind and body adjust to life without cannabis in your bloodstream. Many people (including Yours Truly) report problems with sleep cycles for again, two to four nights after which everything smooths out.
Sharing that in contrast to the PDFA counsel which often is (literally) sponsored by pay-for-play "drug treatment" programs and clinics who highly exxagerate the addictive potential of marijuana in hopes they can scare parents into checking their teenagers into a 30 to 90 day program at thousands of dollars per month.
Barman, and his ilk want to paint Marijuana as a fun little
harmless drug. The medical facts, are just that - facts.
It also is a gateway drug. If you think not, then you can argue
with the American Medical Association.
Marijuana is Gateway Drug
New research confirms that marijuana is a gateway drug for most teens who use it.
Some will tell you marijuana is a harmless drug, but the Journal of the American Medical Association isn't one of them.
Young people who smoke marijuana are two to five times more likely to move on to harder drugs. That is the formal opinion of researchers, who published their conclusions from a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
It is also the informal conclusion of two recent high school graduates who talked with Family News in Focus. The two, who asked that their names remain anonymous, said they no longer smoke marijuana, but that most of the kids they smoked pot with in high school went on to harder drugs and aren't able to hold jobs.
One of the young persons said she started smoking pot because of peer pressure, but she stopped out of concern for her parents.
"I realized how bad it disappointed my parents," she said. "My dad cried and so I stopped."
The JAMA study followed 311 sets of identical twins � one smoked pot while the other did not. Twins were chosen to help rule out a genetic or social explanation for the gateway effect. Almost half of the young people who started smoking marijuana before 17 went on to use harder drugs later in life. The study is the latest to suggest the link between marijuana and other drugs like cocaine and heroin. However, Howard Simon, of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, said regardless of the evidence some still dispute the findings.
"But the one thing everyone should be able to agree on is that for young kids, to be even 'dabbling' with marijuana is just not a good idea," Simon said.
He added he still thinks "Just Say No" is the best policy.
"Regardless of the first drug that is used, what we want to see is kids choosing not to use any of these substances," Simon said.
But experts say a good drug policy isn't enough. They say parents need to be open and consistent with an anti-drug message.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, a non-profit group founded by the nation's advertising industry to fight drug use among teens and children, has a Web site with information for parents.
The Journal of the American Medical Association is a subscription-based periodical. Temporarily, the online version of the Journal is offering free access to the drug study article. Please be advised that JAMA, however, reserves the right to change free access to paid access at any time.
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harmless drug. The medical facts, are just that - facts.
It also is a gateway drug. If you think not, then you can argue
with the American Medical Association.
Marijuana is Gateway Drug
New research confirms that marijuana is a gateway drug for most teens who use it.
Some will tell you marijuana is a harmless drug, but the Journal of the American Medical Association isn't one of them.
Young people who smoke marijuana are two to five times more likely to move on to harder drugs. That is the formal opinion of researchers, who published their conclusions from a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
It is also the informal conclusion of two recent high school graduates who talked with Family News in Focus. The two, who asked that their names remain anonymous, said they no longer smoke marijuana, but that most of the kids they smoked pot with in high school went on to harder drugs and aren't able to hold jobs.
One of the young persons said she started smoking pot because of peer pressure, but she stopped out of concern for her parents.
"I realized how bad it disappointed my parents," she said. "My dad cried and so I stopped."
The JAMA study followed 311 sets of identical twins � one smoked pot while the other did not. Twins were chosen to help rule out a genetic or social explanation for the gateway effect. Almost half of the young people who started smoking marijuana before 17 went on to use harder drugs later in life. The study is the latest to suggest the link between marijuana and other drugs like cocaine and heroin. However, Howard Simon, of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, said regardless of the evidence some still dispute the findings.
"But the one thing everyone should be able to agree on is that for young kids, to be even 'dabbling' with marijuana is just not a good idea," Simon said.
He added he still thinks "Just Say No" is the best policy.
"Regardless of the first drug that is used, what we want to see is kids choosing not to use any of these substances," Simon said.
But experts say a good drug policy isn't enough. They say parents need to be open and consistent with an anti-drug message.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, a non-profit group founded by the nation's advertising industry to fight drug use among teens and children, has a Web site with information for parents.
The Journal of the American Medical Association is a subscription-based periodical. Temporarily, the online version of the Journal is offering free access to the drug study article. Please be advised that JAMA, however, reserves the right to change free access to paid access at any time.
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:lol: at the Quoted post from ZIT above
"Barman, keep on smoking - it's Darwinisim taking care of the gene
pool, albeit slowly."
heh....you need to work on your metaphors kid, since despite your most fervent wishes, marijuana has no lethal dosage level that can be ingested by human beings.
Meanwhile, both of my offspring - whose egg and sperm were united on nights I was nicely toasted - are productive college students with full time jobs.
"Barman, keep on smoking - it's Darwinisim taking care of the gene
pool, albeit slowly."
heh....you need to work on your metaphors kid, since despite your most fervent wishes, marijuana has no lethal dosage level that can be ingested by human beings.
Meanwhile, both of my offspring - whose egg and sperm were united on nights I was nicely toasted - are productive college students with full time jobs.
